Abstract:
The study was conducted to determine and describe some characteristics of the farmers and to
identify the factors that affect the adoption of conservation agriculture in Bangladesh. A total
of 100 (i.e; 64 adopter of CA & 36 non-adopter of CA) farmers from two districts were selected
for this study. Descriptive statistics and probit model was used to achieve the objectives. Using
frequency distribution, it was found that 48.4% of adopter’s age lies between 41-50 and 30.6%
of non-adopter’s age was in the group of 31-50. Most of the adopter and non-adopter farmers
have only secondary level education. 82.8% of adopter’s have high income whereas 77.8% of
non-adopters have high income which is relatively low compared to adopter farmers of
conservation agriculture. About 53.1% of adopter farmers belong to small farmers group
whereas 77.8% of non-adopter farmers belong to small farmers. That means conservation
agriculture practice is relatively more popular in large farmers group than small farmers group.
Using probit model, it was found that the farm size, training on CA and drought events in study
area has a tremendous contribution on probability of adoption of conservation agriculture. Input
support, motivation, training programs and extension services are recommended to implement
in order to raise the awareness and enrich the knowledge of the farmers on conservation
agriculture practice.
Description:
A thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Ag
ribusiness
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
In partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTERS OF SCIENCE (MS)
In
MANAGEMENT & FINANCE
